Wednesday, April 19, 2017

FRANCE March 2016

The French EV passenger car
market had 3.824 registrations last month, up only 3% YoY, but as
March 2016 had set the previous sales record, we are back record levels, with
YTD numbers now up 15%.

The main reason for the positive numbers is the massive success of the 40 kWh
version of the Renault Zoe, selling 1.980 units, a new deliveries record for a
single model in the French market, leaving the remaining competition in the
dust.

It seems these new sales levels are now consolidated, which could lead this
market to over 3% share by the end of the year, which would double the previous
year record.

In the remaining March main positions, besides the usual Nissan Leaf (#2, with
311 units) and BMW i3 (#4, 159), two Mercedes excel: The GLC350e recorded 169
units, a new personal best for the second time on a row for the SUV, while its
regular sedan relative, the C350e, also pulled out a massive 157 units, an
impressive result considering the previous sales record of the nameplate had
been 32, curiously made in the previous month…

Is Mercedes feeling the stench of
Diesel and finally promoting properly their plug-ins in France?

Pl

Model

Sales

1

Renault Zoe

1.980

2

Nissan Leaf

311

3

Mercedes GLC350e

169

4

BMW i3 *

159

5

Mercedes C350e

157

In a market known for its stability, the most eventful change was the
rise to the Fifth position by the Mercedes GLC350e, now set to overcome the
Peugeot iOn next month.

In what can only be considered as a good month for Mercedes, the C350e
model also deserves a mention, jumping nine positions to #8, with the
tree-pointed-star model shooting 18 positions in only two months.

In the brands ranking, Renault (52%, down 2%)
continues to be the Master In Command, followed at a distance by BMW (8%, down
1%) and Nissan (7%), with Mercedes (6%) now looking to overcome these last two
in the following months.

2 comments:

hello jose but your statistics about frane are wrongtu as oublié des choses/ you forget a lot of thingsregistrations in france for march 2017 are:2889 ev for households599 ev for businessyou forget to add the plug in 848 registrations2889+599+848 = 4326 registrations for march 2017thanks source avere france